Alex Mercer
Physically-based rendering (PBR) is increasing in popularity and with its vast range of benefits, it is no wonder why. Artists can now remove the guesswork around authoring surface attributes and set up a material once, then reuse it throughout game development, freeing up more time to focus on the more creative aspects of asset creation.

David Ying
Producing 2D games now have been much easier than before with tools like Unity and help of online 2D Game Asset stores. Below is a list of top 10 2D games asset store you can find online, some commercial and some free.

Jarmo Kukkola
I wanted to make a game play trailer for my original arcade puzzle game Futile Tiles (http://www.futiletiles.com). The game is very fast and I needed to achieve high framerate and quality for the video, which is challenging using a slow computer. Low recording frame rate can also distract controlling the game actions.

Kelly L. Murdock
This version has a few nice surprises, but the biggest changes are under the hood. The viewports seem more responsive and the software doesn't crash nearly as often as the previous version

Kelly L. Murdock
The new version of Maya 2014 has lots of small performance enhancing improvements and several larger new features that make the software easier to use. In particular, the new Grease Pencil tool and the Modeling Toolkit are worth looking into. There is also a new Mesh Reduction feature and several interesting new options for working with Paint Effects.

Kelly L. Murdock
Autodesk is aware of the plight of indie game developers and is making a version of Maya, known as Maya LT, available to address their needs. Maya LT 2014 is a full-featured version of Maya that is specifically tailored with only the features that game developers need at a significantly discounted price point

Kelly L Murdock
Autodesk recently released the latest version of 3ds Max. This latest version, called 3ds Max 2014, is available as both Standard and Design versions. The new version includes a host of new features and several clever improvements to the existing tools.